Del Water Gap

You always said that there's a better way

Nestled between two great lakes

Like the steering wheel rests on the saddle of your thumb

When you were driving over

When the world felt come undone

And you dropped your fix between the seats of the car

Never to be seen again

We tore that car apart

I was hoping we might just get caught

Raising hackles in Delaware Water Gap

It's criminal. It's how your mind works

Like you're weaving gossamer threads

Round' a single pain of beveled glass

And once again, you're on my doorstep

Crying into the wind

Begging you to let me in

How does that song on the radio know what's wrong?

I want to know

I just want to forget this year

It's liminal. How short our lives are

Like we're pressed against the veil

Begging for salvation

And once again. I contemplate

Some long for the road

Some long for their driveways

How does that song on the radio know what's wrong?

I want to know

I just want to forget this year

I wonder how they let you in at all